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SUBMITTER: Yao Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5452018 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yao Qing Q Jewett Andrew I AI Chang Yi-Wei YW Oikonomou Catherine M CM Beeby Morgan M Iancu Cristina V CV Briegel Ariane A Ghosal Debnath D Jensen Grant J GJ
The EMBO journal 20170424 11
FtsZ, the bacterial homologue of eukaryotic tubulin, plays a central role in cell division in nearly all bacteria and many archaea. It forms filaments under the cytoplasmic membrane at the division site where, together with other proteins it recruits, it drives peptidoglycan synthesis and constricts the cell. Despite extensive study, the arrangement of FtsZ filaments and their role in division continue to be debated. Here, we apply electron cryotomography to image the native structure of intact ...[more]